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WASHINGTON– Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke directed all Department of the Interior bureaus, superintendents, and land managers at all levels to adopt more aggressive practices, using the full authority of the Department, to prevent and combat the spread of catastrophic wildfires through robust fuels reduction and pre-suppression techniques. This year-to-date, 47,700 wildfires have […]
Senate Republicans introduced legislation Thursday that would radically reshape federal labor law by giving dissenting workers additional rights to reject or refuse unions. Called the Employee Rights Act, the legislation would require unions to get written permission from members before using their dues for political purposes. It would also mandate recertification votes following significant turnover […]
The nomination of Bart Davis to be Idaho’s new U.S. Attorney cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning on a voice vote; Davis was among a half-dozen U.S. Attorney nominees to clear the committee at its meeting this morning. None of the nominees appeared before the committee for questioning; it was an executive business meeting, […]
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — Senator Jim Risch is back to work in Washington D.C. as Congress gets back in session faced with a slew of to-do’s from healthcare, to the most recent call from President Trump to address illegal immigration with the ending of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). As Congress prepares to […]
U.S. Senator Jim Risch, a Republican from Idaho, introduced Ryan Nelson of Idaho at Nelson’s nomination hearing before members of Congress Sept. 7. Nelson has been nominated to become solicitor of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Nelson is general counsel for Melaleuca, an Idaho Falls nutritional supplements company, and lives in Idaho Falls. Risch […]
WASHINGTON D.C. (KIFI/KIDK) – Idaho Falls State Senator Bart Davis is a step closer to becoming Idaho’s next U.S. Attorney. The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved Davis’ nomination by voice-vote Thursday morning. A confirmation vote has yet to be scheduled, but Idaho Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch said they would work to assure a […]
One of the U.S. nuclear industry’s emerging success stories in recent years has been the building of public-private partnerships among the U.S. Department of Energy’s national laboratories, academia and private sector companies to accelerate the development of advanced nuclear technologies. The Nuclear Energy Institute this week sponsored a discussion by a panel of national laboratory […]
Senate Republicans introduced legislation Thursday that would radically reshape federal labor law by giving dissenting workers additional rights to reject or refuse unions. Called the Employee Rights Act, the legislation would require unions to get written permission from members before using their dues for political purposes. It would also mandate recertification votes following significant turnover […]
Fourteen years ago, congressional colleagues and I crafted the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (HFRA) to help provide the U.S. Forest Service with the tools needed to do the necessary work on the ground to restore our forests to health and reduce the threat of catastrophic wildfire to our communities and ecosystems. With the […]
November officially is American Diabetes Awareness Month. But to the American Diabetes Association and advocates for the cause, every month is prime time for pushing its agenda and educating members about the importance of slowing down the growth of the disease. If it’s not arrested, the cost of treating diabetes in the coming years could […]